Marine carousel.



No. 693,53 Patented Feb. u, I902.

H. c. RICHARDSON. MARINE GARUUSEL.

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MARINE CAROUSEL.

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UNITE STATES HARRY CLAUD RICHARDSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED REA, OF

CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MARINE CAROUSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No. 693,153, dated February 11, 1902.

Application filed March 23,1901. Serial No. 52,577. (No model.)

This invention is an improved marine carousel or merry-go-round, the object being to provide a device in which one or more boats intended to receive passengers are carried around through a continuous waterway, which waterway is surrounded or bounded by scenic devices, thereby providing a continuous change of scene during the passage of the boat around the waterway.

WVit-h this object in view the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts and their novel combination and arrangement, all of which will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view showing the building or structure containing a marine carousel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view, the boats being omitted for the sake of clearness; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. is a transverse section taken through the waterway and showing a portion of the tunnel in perspective. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the propelling mechanism. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing one of the driving-pulleys, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the adjustable journal bracket or plate upon which the pulley is journaled.

In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable building or structure A, which may be of any suitable size or shape, and within this building is arranged a continuous canal or waterway B, the one shown in Fig. 2 being elliptical in form. This canal or Waterway may be made of cement, brick, Wood, or any suitable material and can also be made of any desireddepth and width.

Upon the bottom of the waterway are arranged a series of blocks C,to which are bolted the journal brackets or plates D, slotted longitudinally, as shown at D, and carrying a vertical journal or spindle D upon which is journaled a pulley E, said pulley having the circumferential grooves E adjacent to the top and bottom thereof. The plates D are slotted longitudinally in order to adjust the position of the pulleys in case it should become necessary to do so.

A driving-cableF passes around the pulleys E and travels in the lower groove, said cable being driven in any suitable manner from a power house. From the powerhouse the cable passes around one of a pair of pulleys arranged at one end of the building and then passes around all of the pulleys located in the waterway and also around the other pulley of the pair and then into the powerhouse. The passage of this first-mentioned cable of course causes each and every pulley to rotate upon its axle or journal D A continuous cable G passes around all of the pulleys E and travels in the upper groove E, and inasmuch as motion is imparted to the pulleys E by the passage of the drive-cable F this motion will in turn be imparted to the upper cable G and drive it in the same direction as the cable F.

'Boats H are connected to the cable G by means of a link-rod I, pivotally connected to the cable and to the bottom of the boat, so that as the cable G travels continuously around the pulleys E the boats H will be carried around the Waterway. By this construction it will be readily understood how the boats are caused to move around the building through the waterway in regular order,and whenever it is desired to stop them the driving cable can be stopped and the boats loaded or unloaded.

In order to facilitate the loading and unloading of the boats, I provide a horizontallymovable platform K, which is arranged at one end of the building and normally rests to one side of the waterway, but does not extend over the same, thereby leaving the said waterway perfectly clear for the passage of the boats. Whenever it is desired to load or unload the boats, however, this platform is projected inwardly, so as to extend partly over the waterway and reach the boat, therebyavoiding all possibility of stepping into the water when entering or leaving the boat. The movement of the platform back and forth can beaccomplishedin various ways, and in Fig.231I'Ehave shown a rack-bar K arranged upon the bottom of the platformand a pinion K meshing therewith, which pinion is operated by means of a hand-lever K so that by working the lever'back or forth theplatformfiscaused'tof move away from or toward the boat, as desired. In Fig, 3 I have also shownin section the channel or passage-way L, through which the drive pulley F enters and leaves the power-house. rounded, enveloped, or bounded by any suitable scenic devices; 'but'in practi'ce'l prefer to make the front of the building open, as most clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, thereby'exposing a .portion of the waterwayand the bo'atstraveliug therein. In ordertor-produee a.-pleas-ing-effect,'I arrange a scenic-wall A, extending from the point a to a, which scenic 1 wall is located'some distance back of the waterway, but in advance of the power-house,

and serves to conceal the said power-house. The balance of the Waterway ispreferablyarrangedwithin a tunnel A the sides of which are covered withsceneryof anysuitable dew scription. This tunnel c-an also be lighted at one or more points, as desired,-therebyincreasing the featuresof variety.

Itwill thus be seen that -I .provide' an exceedingly cheap, simple, and effective form of amusement device in the fornrof a marine carousel, one inwhich the boatswill hie-earried with uniformity throughout the entire The waterway may be SUP-t length of waterway, and one in which every 35' safeguardis,providedtoiprevent accidents.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the kind described, the

"combination with awaterway having a driving-cablearranged therein and imparting motion to a driven cable also arranged therein, andthe boats traveling in the waterway and connected to the driven cable, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a device of the kind described, the

combination with a continuous waterway, of

a driving-cable traveling along the bottom of said waterway, a driven cable located also in the waterway-and driven bythe driving-cable, the boats,;an'd -the roids connectingsaid boatsanddrivencable,isubstant-ially-asshown and described.

3. Ina device-bf the kind -descriued,=- the combination of a waterway, of E the pulleys journaled in the bottom thereof a driving cable passing, around said r; pull-eys and im= parting, rnotiomthereto, a drive-n cable .pass= ingaround the-said-pnl-leysand moved thereby, the boats,ja-nd means, for connecting'said boats -to;the driven cable, substantially as shownandd'escribed.

HARRY oL'iiUD RICHARDSON.

. Witnesses:

1 D. W. 'RICHARDSON,

FRED REAL 

